The Criminal Recorder; Or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters; 1
The Criminal Recorder; Or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters; 1
A. F.
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He was a semai&able daring vidian, and con- stantly carried pistols about him, to # aid him to make a 12 3 A 380 EDWARD BURNWORTH, &e. readier escape in case of detection. Going into a public bouse in the Old Bailey, the landlord told biro, that Quilt Arnold, one of Jonathan Wild's men, who had been seeking him some days, was then \n the house. Hereupon Burn- worth went backwards to a room where Arnold was sitting alone; and presenting a pistol, upbraided him for endea- vouring to injure his ol...d acquaintance ; Arnold baring been a brother thief. Burriworth then called for a glass of brandy, and putting some gunpowder in it, compelled the other to drink it on his knees, and swear that he would never seek for him in future. He was once whipped at the cart's tail for a iheft. William Blewitt, another of his gang, was the son of poor parents near Cripplegate, who apprenticed him to a glover; but before he had served above three years of his time, he associated with ill company, and became a pick- pocket and house-breaker.
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